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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER HYSTRICOMORPHA
--> INFRAORDER HYSTRICOGNATHI
--> FAMILY Octodontidae
--> GENUS Octodon
SPECIES Octodon pacificus
| Author: | Hutterer, 1994. | | Citation: | Z. Säugetierk., 59: 28. | | Common Name: | Pacific Degu | | Type Locality: | Chile, Arauca Prov., Isla Mocha (38o22’S, 73o55’W). | | Distribution: | Known only from type locality. | | Status: | IUCN – Vulnerable. | | Comments: | Larger and heavier than the three mainland species of this genus. |
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